Technology & Engineering Industrial Engineering
Industrial Engineering Foundations
Bridging the Gap between Engineering and Management
- Publisher
- Mercury Learning & Information
- Initial publish date
- Dec 2016
- Category
- Industrial Engineering, Engineering (General)
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781942270867
- Publish Date
- Dec 2016
- List Price
- $72.95
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Description
This book covers the important elements of industrial engineering that all engineers need to know in order to become effective in their day-to-day activities. It explores basic topics such as scheduling, quality control, forecasting, and queueing theory; other topics include paving a path to production control, engineering and its management, and the operational aspects of manufacturing and service industries. The reader will learn to apply these principles and tools, not only to initiate improvements in their places of work, but also to pave career path to management and positions with higher levels of responsibility and decision-making.
About the author
Contributor Notes
Farrokh Sassani is a professor and associate head of the mechanical engineering department at University of British Columbia.